From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stas Sergeev Subject: Re: Problem with VGA using xdosemu 1.2.1.0 Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 22:45:52 +0400 Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40BF71E0.7020605@aknet.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org Hello. ixnei wrote: > I am trying to run an old DOS game, and having difficulty as soon as it This game is not available for download, right? >> VGA card not found. >> at line 51, file XMODDISP.CPP >> C:\BAM> > I tried using root account, and get the same error. You have to try it under console. Make sure to have $_console=(1) $_graphics=(1) in your dosemu.conf. This will work for VGA modes, but may not work for VESA modes. > few years, but also came up empty. One odd thing I noticed is that > apparently the XMS default is 8MB; however the game states 18MB+ free This have nothing to do with XMS. > (I set XMS to 32768 in dosemu.conf but game output unchanged). Better luck with the $_dpmi option instead. > digital sound - but still need to do some work for the midi part > (adlib/midi port 0x388 conflict - need to play with > modprobe/modules.conf/etc). No, this will not help. Please see sound-usage.txt on how to set up midi, and as for adlib, you'll even need a standalone patch to dosemu.